This document will be updated as the community experience with Fusion 13.5 grows and is discussed in the forums.Įnjoy and please post any comments or questions about the Companion to the Fusion forums. There is plenty of content to help you as well, especially if you are an Ubuntu or Fedora user. This section is chock full of information, procedures, and screen shots that should help you be successful in the installation of Windows 11 on Fusion 13.5įor you Linux users, you haven't been left out. Of particular interest to Windows users is the section on Windows 11 on ARM. If you have a question that you're thinking about posting in the forum, check out the Companion first - it may already contain an answer to your question. Take a look at it before you start creating VMs - you might find something that will make your life easier. The Companion Guide may answer many questions that aren't covered by reading the VMware Fusion documentation. It can save you searching the forum for frequently encountered issues.

The Companion Guide contains tips and techniques that were provided through the experiences of the broader Fusion community while running the Tech Preview releases on Apple Silicon Macs. Tips are included to note where there are differences.Īdded a workaround for screen flickering/blanking issues that occur when Windows 11 VMs are upgraded from Fusion 13 to Fusion 13.5.Īdded information on VMware Tools update that addresses 2 security issues. Removed procedure for installation of VMware Tools on Windows 11 ARM because they are now mostly identical to those for Windows 圆4.

This is equivalent to the minimal installation option available in the “real” Ubuntu Desktop 23.10 installer.Īdded warning and workarounds for incompatibility between macOS Sonoma VoiceOver feature and Fusion VMs.Īdded procedure to work around the failure of the new Fusion 13.5 GUI tool to download Windows from Microsoft when the macOS system language is set to a language other than English. For Ubuntu 23.10, the procedure to install a minimal version of the desktop applications is added. Modified the procedure to “convert” Ubuntu Server to Ubuntu Desktop. (There's no good reason not to upgrade!)Īdded information on the Ubuntu Desktop 23.10 release for Lenovo X13s Gen 1, which will install on a Fusion VM with some modifications to the boot arguments of the installer ISO. Upgrade to Fusion 13.5 before using the material in this guide. Important: This version of the Companion Guide has been updated for use with Fusion 13.5. The manual that VMware didn't publish and the one that you will need. The Unofficial Fusion 13 for Apple Silicon Companion Guide Using inspiration from (and with apologies to) David Pogue's 'Missing Manual' series, I humbly present:

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